Samudragarh

Samudragarh
সমুদ্রগড়
Town
Samudragarh
Samudragarh

Location in West Bengal, India

Coordinates: 23°14′N 88°14′E / 23.23°N 88.23°E / 23.23; 88.23Coordinates: 23°14′N 88°14′E / 23.23°N 88.23°E / 23.23; 88.23
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Barddhaman
Government
  Type Block
  Body Purbasthali Block I
Languages
  Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 713519
Website bardhaman.gov.in

Samudragarh or Nasaratpur is a census town under Nadanghat Police Station under Purbasthali I (Block) in Kalna subdivision [1] in Barddhaman District in the state of West Bengal, India. It is about 15 km away from Kalna, India.It is situated on the western bank of the Bhāgirathi.

Geography

Samudragarh is located on the agriculturally rich alluvial plains between the Bhagirathi, Ajay and Damodar rivers.Temperatures in this region varies from 17-18 °C in winter to 30-32 °C in summer.

Transport

Samudragarh is about 97 km from Howrah on the Howrah-Bandel-Katwa Branch Line of Eastern Railway. It has 2 railway stations as Samudragarh(station of Howrah railway division) and Nandai Gram(station of Howrah railway division).

Bus services
  Nabadwip-Kalna via Saudragarh
  Nabadwip-Burdwan via Samudragarh,Dhatrigram
  Nabadwip-Katwa via Samudragarh
  Kalna-Burdwan via Samudragarh

Festival

(1)DOL PURNIMA (feb-mar) Pilgrims comes from all over the world to attend this festival which actually takes place in NABADWIP and surrounding all the historical places related with Lord Sri Chaitanya.Travelers comes to the Gour-Gadhadhar temple located in Samudragarh.

(2)CRACKER FESTIVAL (sep/oct) This is the very own festival of SAMUDRAGARH.It takes place right after the DURGA PUJA and follows the trail.

(3)also almost all the festivals related with Bengali culture are celebrated here like Pohela baisakh Saraswati puja Durga puja etc etc and so on


Education

Samudragarh has many primary and Higher Secondary schools

1. Paruldanga Nasaratpur High School

2. Samudragarh High School

3. Jaluidanga G.C.P Balika Vidyalaya

4. Champahati K.P.C Balika Vidyalaya

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